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ABIRAM J. SLONEOKEB, FARMERSVILLE, MISSOURI.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,900, dated October4-, 1887.

Application filed April 28, 1887. Serial No. 236,492, (No model.) I

Farmersville, in the county of Livingston and State of Missouri, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Gates, of which the fol- Ilowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in gates; and it consists in thenovel construction and arrangement of the parts of the same,which willbe more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

' One object ofmy invention is to provide a gate for use on farms or forother purposes and places which is automatically operated to open andclose, and which,when opened, is

entirely drawn backward in a horizontalline into the supportingframe-work, and thereby removed for free open passage without the use ofhinges and forming no projection.

A further object of my invention is to provide a gate which is simpleand effective in its construction and operation, strong anddurable,easily handled,readilyuuderstood,positive in its action,convenient and novel, comparatively inexpensive, quickly arranged inoperative position, and cheaply manufactured.

I attain these objects by the mechanism.

illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like figures andletters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, and inwhich- Figure l is a perspective View of my improved gate, shown in aclosed position. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same with the gateshown open.

The two supporting posts B and B are mounted in the ground, and alocking-post, B is also set in the ground near said posts B and B, andmounted in such a position as to engage with the end of the gate.

Mounted between and bolted to the posts B and B is alongitudinally-arranged beam, 1, which is provided with a curved slot,2, for a purpose which will be more fully hereinafter described. On thisbeam 1, which is placed at a suitable elevation abovethe ground,ismounted a traversingframe,G,which dependsdownward from the beam 1, andwhose lower depending portion is constructed in the form of arectangular frame, 3, formed of strips which are so arranged as toprovide for an unobstructed passage of the gate D therethrough when itis opened or closed. The upper portion of the frame 0 is provided withobliquely-arranged arms, between which rollers 4t 4t are mounted andtravel on the top portion of the beam 1.

To the forward portion of the rectangular frame 3 a forwardlyprojectingbrace-frame, 5, is secured, which also partially incloses the gate D,and in the lower portion of a metallic sheathing, 6, secured to thefront part of the frame 5, a roller, 7, is mounted, which bears againstthe under side of one of the rails of the gate. By means of the frame 0the gate is provided with a supporting-guide,which always acts to keepthe said gate in proper alignment with relation to other parts andst'eadies it in its movements.

To the top portion of the forward part of the rectangular frame 3 a beamor rail is secured,

which extends to the rear and is pivotally mounted between two stripsforming one section, 8, of a double lever. This section 8 of the doublelever is also provided with a pin, 9, which passes through the slot 2 inthe beam 1 and acts to steady the movement of the said section 8, whichhas a metallic linkplate, 9, secured in the lowerend and attached to therear end of the gate. The section Sis secured at its upper end toanother section, 10, of the said double lever, which is constructed in amanner somewhat similar to the section 8, with the exception that atthepoint where the section 8 is pivotally secured to the section 10 thetwo parts forming the latter section are drawn closely together, andfrom thence are spread apart and extend forward in between the posts orstandards B, where they are pivotally mounted, and are held in this openposition by a cylindrical block, 11. A lever, 12, pivoted at one end inthe section Sat the point 13 and passing forward in between the twoposts B, is in connection with an arm, 12, fixed on a shaft, 14, mountedin the two posts B and B. In the central portion of said shaft lat aspur or pinion, 15, is mounted, which is in mesh with rack-bars 16 and16, attached to the levers 18 and 19, pivotally mounted in the recess ofthe cross-piece 20 on the top of the posts B and B, having slots 17,which pass over the pivots of the said levers, as shown. The outer endsof the levers 18 and 19 are provided with operating-cords 21, whichextend IOU down within easy reach. When the levers are drawn down, thegate D will slide back into the frame, and after passing through thegate the same may be closed by drawing down on the cord on the otherside, which arranges the levers in their normal position, and the gateis closed.

, The gate D is constructed as may be desired, and the forward endsthereof, when closed, engage with recesses in the post B and the gate isthereby held in removable engagement with the said post.

hen the cord 21 on the outside of thegate is drawn downward, therack-bar 16, in connection therewith, rises, and the spur-pinion isrevolved thereby, which turns the shaft 14, and by the connection withthe rod 12, as heretofore described, the said rod is thrown slightlyupward and backward, thereby forcing the section 8 backward also anddrawing on the rear portion of the gate D through the medium of thelink-plate 9. In closing the gate 6 the operation is just the reverseand will be readily understood. \Vhen the gate D is moving backward andforward,the frame 0 acts as a guide and support therefor and greatlyfacilitates the operation thereof.

The utility and practicability of my in1- proved device is evident andneed not be enlarged upon herein.

It is obvious that many minor changes in the construction andarrangement of the parts might be made and substituted for those shownand described without in the least departing from the nature andprinciple of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of thegate D, sliding horizontally when opening and closing between the postsB, the double lever composed of the sections 8 and 10, the section 8being connected to said gate, the lever 12, connected to the doublelever, the frame 0, the slotted beam 1, and the levers 18 and 19, andintermediate connections for operating the several parts, substantiallyas described.

2. The combination of a gate sliding horizontally, a traversing frame,0, a double lever composed of sections 8 and 10, connected to said gateby a link-plate, 9, a lever, 12, actuv ating the said double lever, anarm, 12, to which the lever 12 is connected, a shaft, 14, passingthrough the recess of the posts B and upon which said arm 12 is mounted,a spurpinion, 15,1'ack-bars 16 and 16, engaging with saidspur-pinion,and the levers 18 and 19, for operating the said gatethrough the intermediate mechanism, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the gate D, the posts 13, the head-block 20 at thetops of the posts, the slotted beam 1, the frame 0, traveling on saidbeam and guiding the gate, the double lever composed of the sections 8and 10, connected to the gate, the lever 12, connected to thedoublelever, thelevers 18 and 19, provided with means for actuatingthelever12, and the cords 21, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the posts B, the gate D, the traversing frame0, and the slotted beam 1, of the double lever composed of the sections8 and 10, thelevers 18 and 19, and the intermediate mechanism, as setforth, for operating the several parts, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

ABIRAM J. SLONEGKER.

Witnesses:

JAMES L. CLARK, J. W. CLARK.

